BREAD Rye / White Swedish Flour Mix This sourdough bread was made using some Kungsörnen sifted rye flour, mixed with wheat
BLOG Google's Tribute To Georges Méliès I was using Google at work the other day and noticed the doodle that sits at the top of the screen was somehow familiar. It was an image of a rocket stuck in the distraught face of the moon. It didn’t look exactly right, so it took me a
Culture Multi-use or No Use In the news yesterday, the BBC reported that the Boston Tea Party chain will be removing their single use, disposable cups from their coffeehouses in a bid to make a small contribution to the plastic waste disaster that has been increasingly making the headlines. Waitrose also recently announced they would
Beer Must Kuld Columbia A special version of the Must Kuld porter, brewed with a Caturra coffee from Finca La Chorrera in Colombia. Põhjala Pruulikoda Estonia
anders Chubby Fingers A rich and complex stout with a double dose of bitter-sweet chocolate malts, creating a layered and satisfying coffee / chocolate kick. Brouweij Anders Belgium
BREAD Sorghum Bread This didn’t go entirely to plan. It turns out sorghum flour is gluten free and this caused the dough to sink in the oven, but having said that, it has a good taste and would be great as a soup bread.
raspberry pi Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Today is a sad day as I read in the news that Professor Stephen Hawking has died, aged 76years. He battled with motor neurone disease and yet became one of the most respected scientists of his time. I felt very privileged to be able to show the documentary of his
Art Bonko This is the last of the Bonko coffee from Ethiopia that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying. Roasted from Origin Coffee.
BREAD Millet Bread Millet is a small grass seed that is commonly grown as a cereal crop. It’s indigenous in many countries and has a short growth season, favouring warmer, drier climates such as India, Mali and Nigeria. It’s yellow in colour and gives baked bread a lovely golden hue. The
BLOG Quote #3 You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step. Martin Luther King
BLOG Quote #2 It takes 500 small details to add up to one favourable impression. Cary Grant Celebrating Cary Grant’s birthday today, 18th January 1904
BREAD Quinoa Bread Quinoa is a seed, but commonly referred to as a grain, like rice. It’s packed with protein and adds great nutritional value to a loaf of bread. It doesn’t have any gluten itself, so needs to be added to the strong and wholemeal flours. This recipe uses quinoa
blogging Too Many Fingers In The Pi Up until the last few days, this website has been hosted on a Raspberry Pi, a tiny single board computer that has taken the maker community by storm. I had loaded the Pi with Raspbian Lite, secured it down and set up an NGINX server running WordPress. Configured WordPress with
BLOG Black Days I like shopping, I like a bargain and sometimes I’ll make sure I use those free vouchers that come in the post even if it means stockpiling on something I use (like Oatly). Today is Monday and in some places in the world, it is called Cyber Monday. It’
BLOG Quote #1 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Culture BitBarista I came across this is excellent and fascinating Raspberry Pi project – an automated, self sustaining coffee machine, that also measures social responsibility. Created at the University of Edinburgh, a Delonghi coffee machine was dismantled and connected to a Raspberry Pi. It was then programmed to accept Bitcoins from punters via
BREAD Spelt Sourdough Following on from the success of my previous Avoncroft Museum flour bread, I decided to buy some freshly milled spelt flour from there. The spelt from there is of single variety called Arcor. I have’t been able to find out much about the grain, but it’s produced another
BREAD Sprouted Grain Sourdough I bought some sprouted grain flour a while ago from Holland & Barrett and decided I better use it before it goes beyond it’s use by date. I saw a recipe in the Tartine book and then found online a recipe on the Bread Magazine I subscribe to. Sprouted
africa Epic. Seasonal. Crafted It’s been a while since I’ve had anything from Grumpy Mule, not for any reason other than I don’t see it that often and when I do it’s usually already ground. However, this all changed at the London Coffee Festival where I met a guy who
Beans Jairo Astudillo Narvaez Here’s a coffee I tried from Square Mile Coffee Roasters, which I didn’t write up when I was sampling it https://goo.gl/photos/GgjfqG5vEPvmEUQp8
